AIESEC PROJECT IN TUNISIA PART-1

There was a project in Tunisia called “Foreign Language Teaching” when I was studying in French Language Teaching Department. In Turkey we just learn English and little bit German as foreign language in general and when I started to study in FLT, I didn’t even know how to say my name. Because of this situation I was obligated to go prep school (we learn the language here). At the end of the year, I was thinking about going to France to improve my language skills but one of my friends offered me a better choice. In Tunisia I was going to teach people English and in return I was going to learn French because Tunisian people were still talking in French in general. Also, it was cheaper then going to French. I accepted this offer and started to prepare my self for the journey.

I was so excited; in my opinion it was a huge opportunity for me. I bought my tickets and started to wait for my flight. When I got to airport in Istanbul, I started to text my teachers from high school, I was telling them I am so glad to have you as a teacher now I am going to be one in a foreign country. While I was on the phone there was no one in the lobby, I started to get stressed because it was going to be my first flight alone. Departure time came and still no one was there, then I got out from the lobby and started running… I heard my name and learned that they changed the lobby! I was so stressed, but I managed to get in the plane. After I found my seat, I put my headphones on and opened some song. (I cannot forget the moment the moment of the plane took off. I was listening Soundgarden – Beyond the Wheel. The song and plane were synchronised…)

Anyway, after I arrived in Tunisia, I met with the AIESEC team. They were holding a paper my name on it. They took me from the airport, and we went to the city where the project will be. The city name was Bizerte. It has a castle and walls in centre also it is close to the Mediterranean Sea. There were different nationalities but in general they were Arabic people. When we arrived at the place where our project team will stay, I learned there is another project running at the same time. I went there earlier so there was no one from my project. First week I spend time with other projects participants and had so much fun.

I was wasting time unaware of what was going to happen in the future. I was going to get infection from my foot, I was going to have a disease called Zona. Beside of those I was going to fight with people at there and stay in a different house. Also, even though I have insurance they were not going to take me to hospital and keep saying God will help me… In part 2 I will be writing about how those things happened and try to add something about the city and country.